Do you remember Transcription Discs? Radio shows are practically the same thing, but on CD.
They are ready-to-use radio broadcasts (advertising is included!) and they usually come with “cue sheets”
containing the sequence of the tracks included and guidelines for the DJ who will broadcast them.

There are several types of Radio Shows: the memorable BBC concerts, Knebworth, interviews to the members of the
band accompanied by excerpts from their studio recordings.

Several companies produce Radio Shows. The first ones, by Media America Radio, appeared in 1987, but the most
famous and prolific syndicator is surely Westwood One. Unfortunately, starting 1999, many companies have found
it more convenient to utilize CD-Rs and, therefore, it is now difficult to distinguish official editions from
counterfeit ones.

Something to keep in mind: 90% of these CDs does not have a cover or, when they do, it is a generic cover of the
company that produced them. We will look at the exceptions one by one.

But let's look in detail at the various syndicators:

(although I own many radio shows and am aware of the existence of many others, I do not know all existing radio shows,
so please forgive me for any omissions)

WESTWOOD ONE

The most prolific one, as we were saying. It has many “series,” and each series has many shows (about one per year).

The shows are numbered with the last two digits of the year followed by the digits of the week. For instance: 96-13.
I am listing the most well-known ones:

- 25th Anniversary (6 CDs, 92-21)
- The Show Goes on (3 CDs, 94-27)
- Echoes (6 CDs, 95-36 - not to be confused with the official BBC one)
- A CD Full of Secrets (1 CD, 92- with cover and jewel case) - this is in reality a collection of
rare tracks.

ALBUM NETWORK

Also this company has many shows, numbered progressively, the content of which is cyclically repeated in time,
unfortunately with a different number each time.

Probably the first company to publish a Pink Floyd radio show, although it has not printed as many of them as
the two preceding companies. On the other hand, its labels are very colorful and graphically appealing,
as opposed to the black and white graphics of the other two companies.
Their shows are all named UpClose and go by the year:
(from 2000 the syndicator becomes Jones Radio Network)

1987, 1988, 1989, 1993 (Waters), 1995, 2000, 2001

SFX RADIO NETWORK

Somehow connected to Album Network, it is characterized by a wonderful (from the graphic standpoint) double CD,
Wish You Were Here 25th Anniversary, and a series of double and quadruple CD-Rs based on Is There Anybody Out There
and In the Flesh.

GLOBAL SATELLITE NETWORK

I am familiar only with two shows: Wish You Were Here of 1991 , and Headset of 2000 with Jim Ladd,
famous DJ of the first vinyl radio shows.

RADIO TODAY ENTERTAINMENT

Famous for its “Various Artists” called “Flashback”. There are dozens of them, double or quadruple CDs,
with Pink Floyd appearing only with a few tracks, together with other “sacred monsters” from the 70s.

There is also a 1998 show completely dedicated to Pink Floyd , The Dark Side of the Moon 25th Anniversary.

EMI and BBC

EMI Germany published a double CD-R.
BBC published an extremely rare radio show, perhaps the rarest of all radio shows, composed of 6 CDs complete
with jewel cases and BBC covers.

Conclusion

Collecting radio shows can become very time-consuming as there are many editions and, due to the presence of CD-Rs,
it is difficult to distinguish the original ones from the reprints, especially if one has never seen them before.
In order to help solve this problem, I published on my site all editions I own and you can use them as a
guideline for what you are going to purchase.